Studio portrait of 2461 Sapper (Spr) James Lawrence Abbott. A salesman from Brighton, Victoria ...

Accession Number H06013
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 2461 Sapper (Spr) James Lawrence Abbott. A salesman from Brighton, Victoria prior to enlistment, Spr Abbott embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 2nd Field Company Engineers from Sydney on RMS Mooltan on 11 December 1915. On 23 July 1916, aged 19, he was killed in action and a memorial cross was erected in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. Having no known grave he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

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